NT’s WorkerConnect Portal offers ‘one stop platform’ to find work in the Territory

Freya Lucas

Jul 05, 2023

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Northern Territory early childhood education and care (ECEC) services are amongst the many businesses who are part of the new Northern Territory WorkerConnect Portal which provides Northern Territory businesses with a free recruitment page, and jobseekers with a one-stop platform to find a job and a future in the Northern Territory.

More than 1,800 people have signed up thus far, with the portal primarily targeted at people interstate and overseas as part of a $12.8 million package to boost the Territory’s workforce.

Jobseekers can search for positions in key sectors and industries and sign up for job alerts, as well as upload their CV to the portal for free.

When NT businesses search for workers, they can use filters and match with candidates based on their skills, experience and work rights preferences. Businesses can also post job vacancies on the platform at no cost. There are currently nearly 1,600 jobs being advertised for free on the portal.

To help address the Territory’s worker shortage, the second phase of the Global Worker Attraction Program commenced in the last week of June, in a bid to recruit workers to the Territory and upskill the Territory’s workforce.

Targeting Melbourne, Adelaide, Ipswich, South Africa, Qatar, Dubai and Singapore, advertisements promoting the NT as a great place to live and work will run domestically and internationally as part of an ongoing campaign. Key international locations will also see face to face sessions rolled out later in the year.

To become a member of the Northern Territory WorkerConnect community, or to learn more, go to Jobs in Australia's Northern Territory.

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